Uptown, Manhattan

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Uptown in Manhattan, New York City, refers to the northern part of Manhattan; generally speaking, north of 59th Street. In Manhattan it can also be a direction, meaning, roughly, "north" or "northbound," as in "I'm going uptown." The name "Upper Manhattan" is less commonly used, and "Northern Manhattan" is extremely rare.

Uptown includes such neighborhoods as the Upper West Side, Upper East Side, Harlem, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, Hudson Heights, Manhattan Valley, Manhattanville, Morningside Heights, Marble Hill, Inwood, The Bronx is also consider Uptown in New York City


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